Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-13

arms of woman hanging from a ca
 window and man went up and began strip
 ping the rings from her fingers. Some o
 the passengers interfered and made him de
 sist."
 Horrible Scenes in the morgues-Tht
 Road Likely to Go Bankrupt as Re
 suit of the Disaster.
 CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-The Chicago Times Forest, H., special says: The scene at the two morgues this morning was both horrify' | ing and sickening. The extreme heat oi 1 Thursday had rapidly advanced the decom- position of mangled corpses and the stench ! arising from these was overpowering. Each 1 body was covered in spots with flies that | buzzed about in the sunlight, the ghoulish insect alternating from body to body. No I means were at hand for the preservation of the remains, the supply of ice being exceed ingly limited. Those of the dead who were unidentified lay on the floors of the morgues guarded by village police, the faces of the corpses being hidden by blankets or old coats The situation became 80 urgent that the officials of the road decided to re- move the bodies to Peoria by consent of Coroner Long. Pecuniary loss arising from the accident is simply enormous. Under the laws of Illinois the relatives of the killed in the disaster will, if they have any claim at all, deplete the treasury of the Toledo, Peoria and Western of something like $350, 1000, and those injured would receive at least quar- ter of 8 million more. It might be just as well at this juncture to recite some of the vicissitudes of the road Illustrating it's condition, In 1880 it was leased to drifted into the hands of receiver the trustees for the holders of the first mortgage bonds of the Toledo, Peoria 6 Warsaw took possession of the road. Pro- ceedings to foreclose this particular mortgage were had and in October, 1886, the road was brought to sale. It was bought in for the benefit of the holders of the first mortgage bonds. A new company was organized. which took possession July l, 1887. The name of the road was for some reason or other changed from the Toledo, Peoria 6 Warsaw railroad company to the Tole- do, Peoria & Western railway company. The new corporation is realizing from SIC, ,OOO to $15, ,000 per month on the road. Should the corporation be held guilty of negligence, and therefore at fault for the accident, the gentlemen who only six weeks ago bought in the property to save themselves will be con- fronted with claims aggregating a little less than a million. This, of course, simply means bankruptcy and the road once more in a receivers hands. This phase of the oc- currecce is anything but pleasant to the owners of the road, who will unquestionably fight to the bitter end all claims for damages. PitIfuI Scenes i'm the Hospital.
 CHICAGO, August 12.-The Chicago Times Forest special says: Miss Julia Valdejoe, of Peoria, is said to be dying She is most beautiful young lady with features of the purest Grecian type. Her beauty of figure
 oG- who entered the hospital. She is but nine- teen years old and is the daughter of a wealthy widowed mother, who was killed by her side in the wreck. The young lady has travelled all over the world three or four times and is fine linguist. She suffered severe internal injuries and physician was by her side all night relieving her pain by the use of morphine. Two of her cousins came to-day from Peoria to see her-Charles and Eugene Zimmerman. They rushed to Miss Valdejos side and were mortified to see in double cot near by their brother and his wife, both badly bruised. The scene between these people is beyond description. W. Van Liew, wealthy merchant of Galesburg died this morning at Piper City. He gave up his seat in car to a lady; the lady was unhurt, but Mr. Van Liew received fatal injuries. His head was battered He telegraphed his wife that he was danger ously injured, but did not want her to see him in his horrible condition. She answered, EsHe is my husband and my place is by his side" She arrived in Piper City this morn ing and went to the side of her husband. The meeting was very sad but aHect1onate. In less than an hour MT. Van Liew died in his wife's arms. Mrs. B1ondin, of Harker's Cor ners, and her two children were on visit to her husbands mother in the East. Just as she left her husband he gave her a $2O gold piece and his photograph to be given as me- mentoes to his mother. Mrs. Blondin was killed and to-day in laying out the body her husband found concealed in the waist of her dress the gold piece and the photograph stained with his wife's blood.
 The Number of Killed and Injured.
 CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-The railroad commis- sioners were at the scene of the disas ter to- day and will endeavor to locate the cause of the occurrence. The coroner's jury is still busy. There are some scores of witnesses yet desiring to be examined and the railroad will make an investigation on it's own &C., count. The matter will probably not be ad- justed for ten days to come. All m amer of speculation is heard here as to the number of dead. The coroner says he can account for seventy-seven bodies and believes there are no more in the wreck. The latter part of the statement is unquestionably true, but the latest and most reliable adyices swell the number of fatalities to over eighty. The railroad people have agents at work collecting information as to the number and residences of the dead and wounded. Many were taken away from Chatsworth and Piper City yesterday before the extent of their injuries was known. Some of these it is said have died to-day. The railroad people say eighty-seven have died and thirteen more are in a critical con- dition. It is understood the company will te-night through it's general offices fur nish to the public complete list of the dead, wounded and missing. Unless this is done the general public will never know the full extent of the calamity. The bodies of the victims, nearly all of the wounded and the personal effects of the passengers are no longer in Chatsworth and Piper City. All efforts to accurately ascertain the identity of the sufferers have up to this time been un- availing. The coroner himself is at sea with his figures and now intimates that he may underestimate the full extent of the disaster. SOAP FOR A STEADY DIET.